Still on the hook: the persistent problem of phishing
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Elsevier
Faculty
Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science
School
ECU Security Research Institute
RAS ID
15988
Abstract
Although it is just one of many types of online attack, phishing represents a notable threat insofar as it has the direct potential to reach end users, and the subsequent potential to cause an impact for them as individuals or for the organisation in which they work. While by no means unique in this respect (the same could, for example, be said regarding malware), it makes phishing a threat that cannot be confidently addressed by technical safeguards alone. Users need to be made explicitly aware of the risk, and advised on how to spot and avoid it. While technical measures can help protect against phishing, there's still a lot of work to be done in the area of user awareness, as people need to make intelligent decisions about the messages they receive.
DOI
10.1016/S1361-3723(13)70092-7
Comments
Furnell, S. (2013). Still on the hook: the persistent problem of phishing. Computer Fraud & Security, (10), 7-12. Available here